Red Ribbon Blues

Infobox Film
name = Red Ribbon Blues


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director = Charles Winkler
producer = Dale Rosenbloom
Brad Wyman
writer = Charles Winkler
starring = Paul Mercurio
RuPaul
Debi Mazar
music = John Frizzell
cinematography = Larry Blanford
Rudy M. Fenenga Jr.
editing = Clayton Halsey
distributor =
released = 1996
runtime = 97 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget = $3,000,000 USD (estimated)
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imdb_id = 0114246

"Red Ribbon Blues" is a 1996 comedy-drama with classic heist/caper elements. Written and directed by Charles Winkler, the film played the gay and lesbian film festival circuit in 1996.

ynopsis

Troy (Paul Mercurio) and Duke (RuPaul) have attended dozens of funerals for friends who have died of AIDS. Many of them were unable to afford the prohibitively expensive drugs they needed to stay alive. With their own funds running low, Troy and Duke decide to stage a series of robberies, stealing supplies of the life-saving drugs. Their heists are so successful that they're soon able to begin distributing medications throughout the community.

Awards and nominations

Deauville Film Festival Special Grand Prize - nominated